1940 Chicago White Sox Statistics
American League (AL)
Team Record: 82-72
Finished 4th in the AL
Attendance: 660,336, Avg. 11,091
Ballpark: Comiskey Park
Manager: Jimmy Dykes (82-72)
Location: Chicago, Illinois
1940 Chicago White Sox RosterTeam Record: 82-72
Finished 4th in the AL
Attendance: 660,336, Avg. 11,091
Ballpark: Comiskey Park
Manager: Jimmy Dykes (82-72)
Location: Chicago, Illinois
1940 Chicago White Sox Results
The Chicago White Sox of the American League ended the 1940 season with a record of 82 wins and 72 losses, finishing fourth in the AL.
The White Sox scored 735 runs and allowed 672 runs. Joe Kuhel paced Chicago with 27 home runs and recorded 94 runs batted in. Luke Appling led all qualifying hitters on the roster by hitting .348. Johnny Rigney and Eddie Smith topped the team with 14 wins each, while Johnny Rigney recorded a 3.11 ERA, tops among regularly-used pitchers.
Jimmy Dykes coached the team.
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Pitching:
| Player | W | L | W% | ERA | G | GS | GF | CG | SHO | SV | IP | H | R | ER | HR | BB | IBB | SO | HBP | BK | WP | BF |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Eddie Smith | 14 | 9 | .609 | 3.21 | 32 | 28 | 3 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 207.3 | 179 | 92 | 74 | 16 | 95 | 0 | 119 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 892 |
| Johnny Rigney | 14 | 18 | .438 | 3.11 | 39 | 33 | 6 | 19 | 2 | 3 | 280.7 | 240 | 117 | 97 | 22 | 90 | 0 | 141 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 1152 |
| Ted Lyons | 12 | 8 | .600 | 3.24 | 22 | 22 | 0 | 17 | 4 | 0 | 186.3 | 188 | 85 | 67 | 17 | 37 | 0 | 72 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 789 |
| Thornton Lee | 12 | 13 | .480 | 3.47 | 28 | 27 | 0 | 24 | 1 | 0 | 228.0 | 223 | 100 | 88 | 13 | 56 | 0 | 87 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 948 |
| Jack Knott | 11 | 9 | .550 | 4.56 | 25 | 23 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 158.0 | 166 | 88 | 80 | 12 | 52 | 0 | 44 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 686 |
| Bill Dietrich | 10 | 6 | .625 | 4.03 | 23 | 17 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 149.7 | 154 | 78 | 67 | 10 | 65 | 0 | 43 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 652 |
| Pete Appleton | 4 | 0 | 1.000 | 5.62 | 25 | 0 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 57.7 | 54 | 39 | 36 | 8 | 28 | 0 | 21 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 254 |
| Clint Brown | 4 | 6 | .400 | 3.68 | 37 | 0 | 36 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 66.0 | 75 | 30 | 27 | 5 | 16 | 0 | 23 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 291 |
| Jack Hallett | 1 | 1 | .500 | 6.43 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 14.0 | 15 | 10 | 10 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 63 |
| Orval Grove | 0 | 0 | 3.00 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6.0 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 26 | |
| Ed Weiland | 0 | 0 | 8.79 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14.3 | 15 | 15 | 14 | 5 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 65 | |
| Vallie Eaves | 0 | 2 | .000 | 6.75 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18.7 | 22 | 16 | 14 | 2 | 24 | 0 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 98 |
| Totals | 82 | 72 | .532 | 3.74 | 246 | 155 | 72 | 83 | 10 | 18 | 1386.7 | 1335 | 672 | 576 | 111 | 480 | 0 | 574 | 14 | 2 | 31 | 5916 |
Batting:
| Player | GP | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | SB | CS | BB | SO | BA | OBP | SLG | OPS | TB | DP | HBP | SH | SF | IBB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Luke Appling | 150 | 639 | 566 | 96 | 197 | 27 | 13 | 0 | 79 | 3 | 5 | 69 | 35 | .348 | .420 | .442 | .862 | 250 | 11 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Taffy Wright | 147 | 627 | 581 | 79 | 196 | 31 | 9 | 5 | 88 | 4 | 7 | 43 | 25 | .337 | .385 | .448 | .832 | 260 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Joe Kuhel | 155 | 703 | 603 | 111 | 169 | 28 | 8 | 27 | 94 | 12 | 5 | 87 | 59 | .280 | .374 | .488 | .861 | 294 | 11 | 3 | 10 | 0 | 0 |
| Mike Kreevich | 144 | 637 | 582 | 86 | 154 | 27 | 10 | 8 | 55 | 15 | 7 | 34 | 49 | .265 | .305 | .387 | .692 | 225 | 18 | 0 | 21 | 0 | 0 |
| Bob Kennedy | 154 | 655 | 606 | 74 | 153 | 23 | 3 | 3 | 52 | 3 | 7 | 42 | 58 | .252 | .301 | .315 | .616 | 191 | 17 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 |
| Mike Tresh | 135 | 538 | 480 | 62 | 135 | 15 | 5 | 1 | 64 | 3 | 10 | 49 | 40 | .281 | .349 | .340 | .689 | 163 | 12 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 0 |
| Moose Solters | 116 | 457 | 428 | 65 | 132 | 28 | 3 | 12 | 80 | 3 | 3 | 27 | 54 | .308 | .351 | .472 | .823 | 202 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Larry Rosenthal | 107 | 346 | 276 | 46 | 83 | 14 | 5 | 6 | 42 | 2 | 3 | 64 | 32 | .301 | .432 | .453 | .885 | 125 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| Skeeter Webb | 84 | 369 | 334 | 33 | 79 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 29 | 3 | 6 | 30 | 33 | .237 | .299 | .290 | .590 | 97 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| Eric McNair | 66 | 269 | 251 | 26 | 57 | 13 | 1 | 7 | 31 | 1 | 7 | 12 | 26 | .227 | .265 | .371 | .636 | 93 | 8 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| Thornton Lee | 28 | 93 | 84 | 7 | 23 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 30 | .274 | .307 | .321 | .628 | 27 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| Johnny Rigney | 40 | 108 | 93 | 5 | 20 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 28 | .215 | .240 | .258 | .498 | 24 | 3 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 0 |
| Tom Turner | 37 | 101 | 96 | 11 | 20 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 12 | .208 | .240 | .260 | .500 | 25 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Ted Lyons | 22 | 79 | 75 | 4 | 18 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 7 | .240 | .260 | .293 | .553 | 22 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Eddie Smith | 32 | 83 | 69 | 7 | 15 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 15 | .217 | .280 | .290 | .570 | 20 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 |
| Bill Dietrich | 23 | 60 | 50 | 5 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 14 | .240 | .333 | .320 | .653 | 16 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Don Kolloway | 10 | 40 | 40 | 5 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .225 | .225 | .250 | .475 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jackie Hayes | 18 | 46 | 41 | 2 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 11 | .195 | .233 | .244 | .476 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Ken Silvestri | 28 | 28 | 24 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 7 | .250 | .357 | .583 | .940 | 14 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jack Knott | 25 | 66 | 57 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 17 | .088 | .161 | .105 | .267 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| Pete Appleton | 25 | 19 | 17 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | .176 | .222 | .176 | .399 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Jack Hallett | 2 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .400 | .400 | .400 | .800 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Dave Short | 4 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | .333 | .500 | .333 | .833 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ed Weiland | 5 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .200 | .200 | .200 | .400 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Clint Brown | 37 | 19 | 14 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | .071 | .188 | .071 | .259 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Orval Grove | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Vallie Eaves | 5 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 1602 | 6003 | 5386 | 735 | 1499 | 238 | 63 | 73 | 671 | 52 | 60 | 497 | 569 | .278 | .340 | .387 | .727 | 2082 | 122 | 10 | 110 | 0 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | GS | Inn. | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/9 | RF/G | PB | WP | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Joe Kuhel | 1B | 155 | 0 | 0.0 | 1395 | 91 | 18 | 112 | .988 | 9.587 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Skeeter Webb | 2B | 74 | 0 | 0.0 | 143 | 229 | 12 | 44 | .969 | 5.027 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Eric McNair | 2B | 65 | 0 | 0.0 | 128 | 170 | 13 | 27 | .958 | 4.585 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Don Kolloway | 2B | 10 | 0 | 0.0 | 19 | 28 | 4 | 7 | .922 | 4.700 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Jackie Hayes | 2B | 15 | 0 | 0.0 | 21 | 32 | 1 | 8 | .981 | 3.533 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Skeeter Webb | 3B | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Eric McNair | 3B | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 0 | .429 | 3.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Bob Kennedy | 3B | 154 | 0 | 0.0 | 178 | 322 | 33 | 25 | .938 | 3.247 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Tom Turner | C | 29 | 0 | 0.0 | 110 | 13 | 4 | 0 | .969 | 4.241 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Mike Tresh | C | 135 | 0 | 0.0 | 619 | 69 | 12 | 7 | .983 | 5.096 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Ken Silvestri | C | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Taffy Wright | OF | 144 | 0 | 0.0 | 278 | 11 | 11 | 2 | .963 | 2.007 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Moose Solters | OF | 107 | 0 | 0.0 | 266 | 6 | 8 | 2 | .971 | 2.542 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Larry Rosenthal | OF | 92 | 0 | 0.0 | 208 | 4 | 5 | 0 | .977 | 2.304 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Mike Kreevich | OF | 144 | 0 | 0.0 | 428 | 12 | 8 | 3 | .982 | 3.056 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Ed Weiland | P | 5 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .200 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Eddie Smith | P | 32 | 0 | 0.0 | 6 | 32 | 2 | 2 | .950 | 1.188 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Johnny Rigney | P | 39 | 0 | 0.0 | 4 | 46 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | 1.282 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Ted Lyons | P | 22 | 0 | 0.0 | 12 | 24 | 3 | 1 | .923 | 1.636 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Thornton Lee | P | 28 | 0 | 0.0 | 5 | 31 | 4 | 2 | .900 | 1.286 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Jack Knott | P | 25 | 0 | 0.0 | 4 | 29 | 3 | 2 | .917 | 1.320 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Jack Hallett | P | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.500 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Orval Grove | P | 3 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .333 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Vallie Eaves | P | 5 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Bill Dietrich | P | 23 | 0 | 0.0 | 8 | 20 | 1 | 2 | .966 | 1.217 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Clint Brown | P | 37 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .432 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Pete Appleton | P | 25 | 0 | 0.0 | 4 | 8 | 1 | 1 | .923 | .480 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Skeeter Webb | SS | 7 | 0 | 0.0 | 9 | 18 | 1 | 2 | .964 | 3.857 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Luke Appling | SS | 150 | 0 | 0.0 | 307 | 436 | 37 | 83 | .953 | 4.953 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Totals | 1530 | 0 | 0.0 | 4159 | 1649 | 185 | 334 | .969 | 3.796 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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